Python vs. Lisp -- please explain

[Alexander Schmolck]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:

> <63q2o4i02 at sneakemail.com> wrote in message 
> news:1140324074.458446.227480 at z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > In learning Python I've read more about Lisp than when I was actually
> > trying to learn it, and it seems that the two languages have lots of
> > similarities:
> >
> > http://www.norvig.com/python-lisp.html
> >
> > I'm wondering if someone can explain to me please what it is about
> > Python that is so different from Lisp that it can't be compiled into
> > something as fast as compiled Lisp?  From this above website and
> > others, I've learned that compiled Lisp can be nearly as fast as C/C++,
> 
> In order to be that fast, some of the dynamism of intepreted Lisp must be 
> given up.  In particular object code is not list data.  

I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about, but you're almost certainly
very confused about something. Not all common lisp implementations even have
an interpreter (which doesn't tend to be visible to the user).

'as